An ex-skater’s take on skating for children today
I was asked to post about skating for kids on one of my favorite parenting groups and I did an elaborate post on it. So decided to share the same here and would be editing more in a while 🙂
I have been a national skater .. Roller hockey player(more precisely)
I was introduced to skating when I was 4/5, was given a break and reintroduced at 10 years .. Again 🙂
So I know a lot of my friends were into skating since they were 3 ..
My dad was keen about sports .. So we were always playing/exploring/learning some sport or the other ..
We took skating as a sport – it was an integral part of our life ..
Activity is different from a sport ..
We were trained properly for skating .. If we had to do 1hr of skating .. It was always 1 hr or even more preparing for it, warm up, exercises, flexibility, crunches and so on ..
Sometimes skating was just skipped 🙂
What I wanted to emphasise is .. Our bodies were prepared for skating .. (Since i have been hearing in the groups that legs being not strong enough and all — i really can’t comment on this because we had dedicated coaches and they took care that we were strong and developed us )
Also there are techniques as to how we should be skating ..
1. you would need jonex skates with the brake removed .. to start with and would move on to quads, inline ..
You get the jonex skates in any sports shops .. Plastic skates are a dud and a big NO-NO 🙂
Attaching the pic of jonex .. These are size-adjustable as well
2. You would need bend your knees and skate ..
3. You need to learn to fall first i.e fall on your bums ?
4. You would need to learn balancing on 1 leg at time first and then both the legs ..
5. You would need to learn to brake 🙂
6. You are ready to go 🙂
Skating is/was always fun .. We used to cover places on skates .. Hockey is any day fun to watch or play 🙂
Thank you Amruta Ramsubramaniam for asking me to post 🙂 nostalgic .. 🙂 Much love ❤️
Supriya
February 22, 2017 at 5:05 amFeeling nostalgic.. Miss my skating life..and all those wonderful moments..proud moments.
Gayathri
February 22, 2017 at 6:13 pm🙂 I know .. This was how I felt when I was writing 🙂
Arun
July 7, 2017 at 10:24 amI would love to give it a try !!!
Gayathri
July 7, 2017 at 2:55 pmWell .. Since u are in Vizag .. This is the best place to learn .. In India 🙂
Neha
November 13, 2017 at 10:47 amThis is a really helpful post as my daughter is into skating and I was worried of her knowing the basics right.
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 11:19 amGlad it helped 🙂
Zainab
November 13, 2017 at 10:51 amOh I used to love skating! Miss those days! Fortunately, my kids skate and taht keeps me happy ?
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 11:19 amOh were u a skater too? Which state?
Sharvari Paivaidya Mehan
November 13, 2017 at 11:00 amSounds so good. Credit to your parents for inculcating a love for sports. My neice and nephew are into rollwe skating performances and perform interstate. Their dedication and hard work resonates with what you have written
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 11:20 amAwesome! Good luck to ur niece and nephew.. They must be surely working hard 🙂
Amrita
November 13, 2017 at 12:17 pmSkating sounds so much fun.Could I learn now ?I don’t know .But would love to try.
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 12:22 pmOf course yes 🙂 it is not at all hard as it seems ..
Geethica
November 13, 2017 at 3:30 pmSuddenly my old memories have come alive. I used to skate a lot during my early school years. And one day I forgot to skate and could not balance myself as I lost practise.
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 4:17 pmBut actually it’s something like cycling! U can’t forget skating 🙂 .. Just practice for a few days and u would be good to go
mEaL tO tHe HeArT
November 13, 2017 at 3:57 pmWow you are so talented dear. I’ve just basic skills at skating more power to you
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 4:18 pmThanks much ?
Nikita Dudani
November 13, 2017 at 4:07 pmNice. Skating is one of my fav hobby! Loved it
creative life star
November 13, 2017 at 4:08 pmVery interesting post. I like to do skating on snowy land. I have done skating in my childhood. Thanks for sharing.
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 4:18 pmU mean ice skating? 🙂
dhanyasuresh
November 13, 2017 at 5:01 pmAlways wanted to gv it a try but my fear of hurtingbmyself prevented me. Wil definitely teach my son if he wanted to learn.
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 11:42 pm🙂 oh falling down is common.. But when we know the technique.. To fall down too .. We simply avoid any kind of damage
Amrit Kaur
November 13, 2017 at 5:12 pmThis post reminded me about my skating memories. I wish I could revive the memories on children’s day.
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 11:41 pmWould love to see ur post 🙂
priyadarshani panda
November 13, 2017 at 9:51 pmi was never into skating but my cousins were crazy for it…and yes i remember seeing them skating bending down ..will love to make my son learn skating will keep the pointers in mind
Gayathri
November 13, 2017 at 11:40 pmAwesome:) glad it helps
Kavita
November 14, 2017 at 2:16 amAny sport makes our body strong and keep us healthy. I can see lot of kids rolling on the skates and I just adore them ….I tried it too when I was going but failed miserably and broke mom’s dressing table hehehehe …
Ishieta
November 14, 2017 at 4:10 amI never got to learn to skate and missed out on the fun. What a lovely memory you have of this.
Deepa
November 14, 2017 at 4:32 amThese are great tips for kids who want to learn skating. Thanks for sharing.
Joshita
November 14, 2017 at 6:05 amSkating is so much fun. I used to skate when I was a kid. Your tips are useful for beginners…
Aesha
November 16, 2017 at 2:08 pmMy niece is a skater and participating in her First National meet next month. I see her working rigorously every day . I understand when you say sport is not an activity.
Tina Basu
November 17, 2017 at 7:04 pmas a child i always wanted to skate specially wanted to learn ice skating but very limited resource in India
Gayathri
November 17, 2017 at 11:58 pmAgree .. Ice skating picked up pretty recenty
aifublogvee
November 17, 2017 at 9:30 pmWoww thanks for sharing this post .I used to love watching people doing skating but was thinking that its too tough and i wont be able to do .Can i learn now ??
Gayathri
November 17, 2017 at 11:58 pmOf course yes 🙂 please find a good trainer and .. You are good to go
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